Probability of success of breeding strategies for improving pro-vitamin A content in maize

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-246

  Zhang, Xuecai ^a,c   Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H ^b   Palacios Rojas, Natalia ^c   Babu, Raman ^c   Bouis, Howarth ^d   Wang, Jiankang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING PROGRAM; COST-EFFICIENT; GENETIC MODELS; GENETIC STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; MAIZE INBREDS; MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS; SELECTION SCHEME; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RURAL AREAS;

PROBABILITY;

RETINOL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS BREEDING; ECONOMICS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; VITAMIN A; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863543575     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1828-4     Document Type: Article

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